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Lower Pecos River Region — Amistad National Recreation Area, Texas
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More than 300 pictograph sites have been documented in the caves, overhangs, and rocks in the Lower Pecos River Region.
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2024
The temporal framing for the exhibition, 1780s to 1920s, comes from the pictograph in which each year is marked by a picture or a glyph that marks an important event that happened in that year.
—Carin Schoppmeyer, arkansasonline.com, 22 Sep. 2024
Winter counts follow the tradition of creating a pictograph, a record in which a single image or glyph each represent important historical events within a certain community
This is a Northern Plains creation and catalogs more than 130 years, spanning 1785 to 1922.
—April Wallace, arkansasonline.com, 12 Sep. 2024
They are woven into the California tribe’s stories and appear in ancient pictographs painted by ancestors on the walls of a rock shelter in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
—Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2024
The temporal framing for the exhibition, 1780s to 1920s, comes from the pictograph in which each year is marked by a picture or a glyph that marks an important event that happened in that year.
—Carin Schoppmeyer, arkansasonline.com, 22 Sep. 2024
Winter counts follow the tradition of creating a pictograph, a record in which a single image or glyph each represent important historical events within a certain community
This is a Northern Plains creation and catalogs more than 130 years, spanning 1785 to 1922.
—April Wallace, arkansasonline.com, 12 Sep. 2024
They are woven into the California tribe’s stories and appear in ancient pictographs painted by ancestors on the walls of a rock shelter in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
—Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pictograph
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The region has long been a symbol of American exclusionary politics and border violence, but Elmaleh's 8x10 view camera approach slows down the process of witnessing and invites us into humanising moments with the many people whose livelihoods are defined by the wall's presence.Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2024
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Ellis Island may be the emblematic image of twentieth-century immigration to the U.S., but this academic history argues that a more accurate symbol is that of the county jail.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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Lucky For Life 01-13-19-22-28, Lucky Ball: 11 Check Lucky For Life payouts and previous drawings here.Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 10 Dec. 2024
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The Pick 14-18-27-31-32-37 Check The Pick payouts and previous drawings here.Lorenzino Estrada, Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
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His other attributes — physicality, grit and grime — needn’t be, and haven’t been the past few weeks.Rob Rossi, The Athletic, 18 Dec. 2024
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However, these attributes often perpetuate barriers that exclude talented individuals, particularly those with disabilities.Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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America’s most popular airline routes (by Melvin Backman) SURPRISING DISCOVERIES Fifty years ago this weekend, scientists radioed a distant cluster of stars a pictogram using binary code.Melvin Backman, Quartz, 18 Nov. 2024
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The Indus Valley people carved about 400 symbols into stone seals—some animal pictograms, others abstract shapes.Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2024
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Strings of clear lights decorate Wickham’s wreath, a mélange of gleaming black and silver hubcaps bearing the emblems of all kinds of cars — Toyota, Ford, Honda, Nissan, Chevrolet and one Tesla.Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 28 Nov. 2024
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Everything from handmade scissors decorated with a stork (the bird emblem of Uzbekistan signifying peace, happiness and freedom) to miniature paintings where the paint has been swapped out for coffee can be bought here.Yasemen Kaner-White, theweek, 26 Nov. 2024
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In preliminary tests, the model excels at three critical tasks: segmentation (dividing images into distinct anatomical parts), classification (categorizing images based on medical conditions), and visual localization (precisely identifying specific features like fractures or tumors).Bernard Marr, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Footage and images from the scene match the scene shown in the Facebook video, showing the same small white plane in the same position on the side of the highway.Katie Smith, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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One sleeve is adorned with the classic Moncler logo, while a drawcord hood, zippered front pockets, and an adjustable hem add to the appeal of this layerable piece.Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 13 Dec. 2024
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Taco Bell The logo for Taco Bell is seen on the sign outside of the fast food restaurant.Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
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Charlotte agrees to lead an art workshop at the priory if Graham will escort her to holiday locations around London for her new illustration job.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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Rogue Company Rogue Company is another free-to-play tactical hero shooter with multiple game modes and a more realistic art style than Rivals.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Pictograph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pictograph. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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